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A Story Of Revenge:

Background:
I was waiting for the Evo, ever since it was announced. I got it on my lunch break during work (Which turned out to be 2 hours because of the sprint servers). I loved it.
Situation:
I was playing basketball when someone must have taken it out of my bag (I think it was right on top and possibly visible). I realized it probably 15-20 minutes after it was gone. I confronted the group of people and told them that I just wanted my phone back. Didn't care if they stole it, I wouldn't report it, just wanted it back. They all denied it.
I went home, more pissed than I've been in a while. I called sprint and told them my story. They said unless I had insurance (Which I'm getting in the future BTW), I was SOL. I told them to cancel my service, and I'll go back to t-mobile.
A day went by, and I started checking Craigslist to see if anything popped up. Well something did pop up. I called the people, and asked if they had the box and everything. They said they just got the actual phone for a gift. I contemplated arranging a meet up with my friend and them, and have some bats and golf clubs with me, but I decided I didn't wanna get arrested, or sued, or leave myself legally liable in any way. So I went to the police station.
I met this very friendly and nice cop outside and told him my story. He must have liked me, because he took me in, reported my item as stolen, and then I explained about the craigslist ad.
He took a look and agreed it was fishy. I told him if I could just get my hands on the phone and check the serial numbers, I could see if it was my phone or not. So, he grabbed his friend and they both took on the case (A sting operation for a phone!).
Well 12 hours went by and I was sweating because I didn't know when it was going down, or if the guys had sold the phone to someone else. Well my friends all called the phone number listed and asked if it was still available. They said that someone was looking at the phone right now. That was it, if it wasn't the cops, then I'd never get my phone back.
Well sure enough an hour later, I get a call from the cop, and he said they got my phone back. Told me never to go back to that court again. I'll have to testify, but I get my phone back in a few days.
I am probably one of the luckiest Evo Owners ever! Now just gotta get my phone reactivated... Hope there won't be too much of a problem there.
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Good story bro.

Show up to court and testify. Don't let the POS get away with it. If he gets away with it, it will teach him that stealing doesn't carry consequences.

I wouldn't post this online. Just sayin.

ok am not a good reader hehe so hmm who sstole your phone? scare the crap out of them for stealing!

Damn, talk about luck. The phone gods are looking down upon you dude. Nice. Testify and teach them to never steal again. Unfortunately once a thief, always a thief as the saying goes. I would take the cops advice and never go back to that BB court again. Congrats though.

nice! good police do exist

In the future you should install WaveSecure It'll let you track your phone and remotely wipe it among other things.

Awesome story!
Sad thing is you wont be able to play ball on that court again. =(

P_Dub_S said:
In the future you should install WaveSecure It'll let you track your phone and remotely wipe it among other things.
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I have MobileDefence. What is WaveSecure like?

Cool that you got the phone back man.
To all those who say "Too bad you can't go back to that court again", why would the OP want to anyway? Obviously the type of crowd there is trouble. I wouldn't go play there again if my stuff was robbed and I never recovered it. I wouldn't be able to play having to check my stuff every two minutes knowing what happened the last time. Just sayin'.
P.S. -This is coming from a guy with a main source of exercise from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

Awesome, exactly the same happened to me with my hero, december last year. Except it happened during my gym class at school, my father found it on a local auction site, and then left with a friend to confront the guys.The IMEI matched, ofcourse, and i got my phone back. Sad thing is that the douche who stole it, was a guy in my class, and even worse is the fact that he and his companion got of with a warning. Had to see him every single day for half a year.

I bring only the bare minimum when I go to the courts. Keys, ID and a bottle of water. A lack of cash ensures that I don't spend it splurging on impulse food after playing and that I head straight home. Lawl.

AcIdC0R3 said:
I have MobileDefence. What is WaveSecure like?
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I've used both, mobile defense's web interface seems to be slightly nicer, but not much difference, they have almost identical feature sets. The only real difference is that mobile defense SMS for turning on tracking originate from the US. And Wave Secure SMS originates from Asia (can't remember the country) the reason this makes a difference is that wave secure costs you 20 cents every time you use it to do anything. I would stick with mobile defense. If you have wave secure all setup it's probably not worth switching either unless you track your phone or alarm/lock it often.

I am not sure if Android offers a tracking app. I use one on my TP2 and I don't care what they do with the phone because it will provide me with the exact location to share with the cops if necessary.
One SMS with my code and my phone lets me know it's location.

hunterintustin said:
I am not sure if Android offers a tracking app. I use one on my TP2 and I don't care what they do with the phone because it will provide me with the exact location to share with the cops if necessary.
One SMS with my code and my phone lets me know it's location.
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Did you read the thread? The posts right above yours mentions mobile defense which does exactly that.
Awesome that the OP got his phone back

I've use Mobile Defense since the day I got my myTouch with only one problem. They send a text from an e-mail that has mobiledefense in the name! Like, come on, don't be THAT obvious! You should get it from a real number saying like "hey baby" or something. A phone tracking app is invaluable to anyone who owns a phone like this, though.
As for OP, you are bigger man than I. Of course, I have a family riddled with crime (blood and in-laws) so the whole "beat the hell out of you" thing is pretty much drilled in at this point.

Thanks for sharing your story. Glad you got your phone back.

I actually flew to LA just after I got the phone (canceled online pre-order and stood in line so I can have it for the weekend). Went to play basketball with my brothers, and was worried about my phone being stolen, maybe I can blame losing that game on that...
I usually leave my stuff behind the basket pole, no chance of someone getting near my things without me seeing them, and the pole protects it from someone stepping on it.

I had my very first cell phone stollen. I was a senior in highschool and got a pretty decent job and wanted a phone. I got that nokia that everybody had 8 years ago (the one with the flashlight on top). I went to the pool for swim practice and came back and my phone was gone! I called it from my buddy's phone and the DB answered and said, sorry dude! Next time bring a lock! And hung up... I called ATT and reported it. They said because it was a cheap POS phone, there really wan't much they could do, but the guy gave me a discount on the same phone (I think I paid like $40 or something) so it was all good in the end.
I guess some people just need phones more than others! Teach this guy a lesson. Don't back down and maybe he'll think twice before he tries and steals someone else's $500 investment
Glad you were successful!
p.s. The first time I read the story, I thought the "court" the cops told you to stay away from was a "Court of Law" and not a basketball court. I was like, dang, cops don't want you to come back to the court (of law)? That's messed up!

I lost my nexus one :(

I guess I just need to vent this out...
But yeah... lost my nexus one.
Went to cheesecake factory. Took out my phone and played with it. Then... I placed it on the chair and totally forgot about it when I left the restaurant. 10 minutes later I realized I didn't have my nexus one with me ( when I was in the car... ) went back in... and go figure... my phone isn't there anymore. I went to ask the person in the front desk, and she told me she didn't have my phone.
So then... I called my phone... like more than 10 times and no one picked it up... Few hours later, I tried calling again and it went straight to voice mail. I guess that person found out how to turn off the phone ( took the battery out? ) or hard reset it.
Sigh... whoever stole my phone, I hope he/she dies. <^>
FCK!!!

Do you have insurance? Or any of the mobile tracking software on it?

It was probably Steve Jobs. Sorry for your loss.
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Blueman101 said:
Do you have insurance? Or any of the mobile tracking software on it?
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Neither... =(

If you have a gmail account linked to the phone and he access your emails you can track the ip on the gmail site then take the ip address to the police.
You dont have the assurion insurance from tmobile or att?

Blueman101 said:
If you have a gmail account linked to the phone and he access your emails you can track the ip on the gmail site then take the ip address to the police.
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Thing is, I use a pin ( to access the phone ) so... he wouldn't be able to figure out my pin, meaning... he will not be able to access to my gmail and other things.
And no... no insurance.
However, he WILL have access to my pictures and stuff... though that doesn't really make a diff.

does google concider a login into your gmail account when the phone syncs? If so then you could look at googles logs and see the ip address.

ah that sucks. hope he/she dies guess we lost a nexus one member

I am so sorry for your loss.
I'm sure we're all at risk for something like this happening. Maybe I should reinstall wave secure.

Very sorry for your loss. I've forgotten my blackberry in a restaurant once. left it on a corner edge of the table behind the salt and pepper rack. Never gopt it back.
I got my N1 two days ago and wondering if there are security and tracking software that also has the capability to prevent device reset if N1 is stolen.

melmotion said:
Very sorry for your loss. I've forgotten my blackberry in a restaurant once. left it on a corner edge of the table behind the salt and pepper rack. Never gopt it back.
I got my N1 two days ago and wondering if there are security and tracking software that also has the capability to prevent device reset if N1 is stolen.
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Wavesecure from market
to the OP sorry for your loss

I feel your pain I don't know how I would react man sorry for you.
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I lost mine too yestarday....
I feel your pain...
baaaaawwww

Def install Wavesecure in the future. Track the phone, and wipe/lock if needed.

So you hope somone who stumbled across a lost phone dies because you were forgetful enough to leave your phone lyring around?
Real nice.

is there a free alternitave to wave secure?

JCopernicus said:
So you hope somone who stumbled across a lost phone dies because you were forgetful enough to leave your phone lyring around?
Real nice.
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an honest person would have turned it in. people forget stuff all the time, so dont be a **** be a dude.

navillos said:
an honest person would have turned it in. people forget stuff all the time, so dont be a **** be a dude.
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exactly. it would be a douche to not do the honest thing

but yea today i almost lost my nexus one too. i was a lowes getting stuff for the bathroom since we are redoing our bathroom and i was looking at some lights and i left my phone in a space behind a few boxes to reach for a box open it up n inspect it. so by the time i get to the car, i reached in my pocket to call my girlfriend to see if there was anything else she wanted me to get on my way home n i forgot it where i left it! im telling u i ran through that store like i was the NFL Tennessee Titan's running Chris Johnson. i ran like a madman n did stuff i did while i played high school football lol thank god my phone was still in the place i left it. im reinstalling mobile defense right now

gtrplr71 said:
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yea Mobile Defense

Caught a thief red handed...

Excuse my typing below but its 4:15AM...I've been drinking..
So I went out with a few "car forum" buddies out today. We decided to head to local bowling alley which honestly ****ing hate. So we're playing there and I decide to leave my phone at a chair in the area we're in. So I see an old ex co-worker, he's 2 buddies and some girl. I say what's up, etc. After they dip...within a minute I'm looking for my phone and I'm like ****...looking everywhere..nothing. I don't forget my phone ever so I know I left it on the chair next to my friend's keys, etc. So I tell my buddy to go outside with me cause I just had a feeling that one of these guys might've taken them.... So as I'm walking outside they look over and I call my ex co-worker over to ask him if he's seen my phone which looks like an iPhone (Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S..lol). And he's like nah man sorry. At the same time I notice one of his friends step over a few feet and get next to some beige looking Crown Vic and acts like he's looking at the tire...I paid no attention to that. And I'm thinking to myself..damn I left the phone on vibrate. But then I remembered I purchased an app called "Where's my droid" and set special "words" that if I text it it can switch off vibrate and turn the ringer to the highest volume and even turn on the GPS so I can track it. So I text it with my friend's phone. Within 30 seconds I hear the phone ringing....I'm looking and looking...and I see it at the Crown Vics rear passenger tire. Then one of them which wasn't the one starts to get all defensive...."That isn't my car"...."I drive that car there"....and at the same time Im telling him that I don't think the Vibrant grew legs and walked over by this tire. He's buddy was the one who stole it. My ex coworker and his girl were in shock that their 2 friends just did that ****. Before even a fight could break out in the parking lot my buddy calm me down.

In this stories current state...its pretty much the worst.story.evar.
I cant wait to read the sobered up version. Glad you took drunken notes. Kinda fun to read.
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shoulda ripped him a new one.

Finish Him

People these days. Why let your buddy talk you out of a fight. My screen name says it all. Smash punks. You let him get away with it, he will try again. I'd kill that fool.

A clever ploy for an advertisement! Glad you got your phone back mate
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zaduma said:
Finish Him
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Lol...time for some Mortal Kombat!
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zaduma said:
Finish Him
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I'll admit I laughed out loud at this comment. Ouch, just noticed I spelled thief incorrectly in the title block.

flexnix said:
I'll admit I laughed out loud at this comment. Ouch, just noticed I spelled thief incorrectly in the title block.
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Haha, good to know. Anyways please don't change your story now that you're awake and sober. It is a - mazing.

I put that app on every android I get to play with. It works very well. I guess Latitude would be just as effective, well maybe not.

10/10 this thread rules. Would read again
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flexnix said:
Excuse my typing below but its 4:15AM...I've been drinking..
So I went out with a few "car forum" buddies out today. We decided to head to local bowling alley which honestly ****ing hate. So we're playing there and I decide to leave my phone at a chair in the area we're in. So I see an old ex co-worker, he's 2 buddies and some girl. I say what's up, etc. After they dip...within a minute I'm looking for my phone and I'm like ****...looking everywhere..nothing. I don't forget my phone ever so I know I left it on the chair next to my friend's keys, etc. So I tell my buddy to go outside with me cause I just had a feeling that one of these guys might've taken them.... So as I'm walking outside they look over and I call my ex co-worker over to ask him if he's seen my phone which looks like an iPhone (Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S..lol). And he's like nah man sorry. At the same time I notice one of his friends step over a few feet and get next to some beige looking Crown Vic and acts like he's looking at the tire...I paid no attention to that. And I'm thinking to myself..damn I left the phone on vibrate. But then I remembered I purchased an app called "Where's my droid" and set special "words" that if I text it it can switch off vibrate and turn the ringer to the highest volume and even turn on the GPS so I can track it. So I text it with my friend's phone. Within 30 seconds I hear the phone ringing....I'm looking and looking...and I see it at the Crown Vics rear passenger tire. Then one of them which wasn't the one starts to get all defensive...."That isn't my car"...."I drive that car there"....and at the same time Im telling him that I don't think the Vibrant grew legs and walked over by this tire. He's buddy was the one who stole it. My ex coworker and his girl were in shock that their 2 friends just did that ****. Before even a fight could break out in the parking lot my buddy calm me down.
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So this is the clean-n-sober version...? Whew....
Lookout is free & does the find my phone gig.
-bZj

down8 said:
So this is the clean-n-sober version...? Whew....
Lookout is free & does the find my phone gig.
-bZj
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I've never tried Where's My Droid..I have Lookout but I also have another app called SMS Commander that does the same thing and a lot more. You can silence it, set it to loud or vibrate too. You can send it a command to forward all the texts going to it to another phone. You can get the location of your phone. You can set it on Spy Mode and it will fwd SMS messages to whatever number you want, tell you phone #'s that call your phone and even send you GPS location of your phone when the call was answered or placed. You can even send it a command to send someone a text message and it will look like it came from your phone. This app works great. I've had it since my G1 days..I installed it on my Nexus, my MyTouch Slide and my Vibrant.

smashpunks said:
People these days. Why let your buddy talk you out of a fight. My screen name says it all. Smash punks. You let him get away with it, he will try again. I'd kill that fool.
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Bit much but I understand. I do agree that the OP should have beat the **** out of him. It is true they will do it again.

So you didn't do anything? Let the dude put your phone behind a tire and thats it? 500 bucks?
Smash people yo

moSess said:
Bit much but I understand. I do agree that the OP should have beat the **** out of him. It is true they will do it again.
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Didn't really mean kill, but I would have totally cleaned his clock... I can't believe people wouldn't do that out of natural reaction. Dude jacked him and he just took phone back..... wow. No wonder people do **** like that..
Good think he didn't need his GPS to find it, it would have sent him to another city with the system wonderful GPS.lol

and what would happen if one just did a hard reset on the phone? or switched it off? lol

...because everybody knows violence solves any problem.
Is this forum full of cavemen or what (no offense Geico dude)? Maybe the real learning moment here is to not set down a $500 phone and walk away. Definitely a good read, and I think you've convinced me to install one of these apps, because you never know.
And to the Neanderthals with all the great advice above, for the love of humanity, please don't procreate.

caldjeff said:
...because everybody knows violence solves any problem.
Is this forum full of cavemen or what (no offense Geico dude)? Maybe the real learning moment here is to not set down a $500 phone and walk away. Definitely a good read, and I think you've convinced me to install one of these apps, because you never know.
And to the Neanderthals with all the great advice above, for the love of humanity, please don't procreate.
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Yea I agree, fight the urges that make you a human because some of us can't taken a whoopin.
Instead, pull your XD40 out of it's holster and ... Oh right.
On a serious note: Sometimes violence is the answer. Don't just eat everything mommy feeds you.

Yeah I mean I woulda fought him, dude tried to **** you over, but I mean shady people like that should go to jail for a night atleast if people weren't gonna let y'all fight

Plz be careful!

well guys i always wondered when it was going to happen and tonight was the night. on my way home tonight i was looking for my phone to call my fiancee to see if she wanted me to pick her up anything to eat. i reached for my looked down to find the power button to turn the mofo on looked up and i was facing a curb. i hit the brakes and cut hard left spun out and started swerving right my whole left side met the curb and needless to say my car is completely ****ed!! luckily my friend owns a body shop and was able to get a tow truck out to my car asap b4 any cops showed up. unfortunately im looking at about 2 thousand bones in repairs. so.... well just be careful things happen so fast and i really am lucky that this was all that happend. my car is tiny and could have been much worse. call me stupid if you want cause its true so just take care and dont use ur phone when your driving no matter how good of a driver you think you are.

Great advice. Good to hear u didn't get hurt.
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Well said, friend. Glad you're ok!

Ouch. Glad you're unharmed. Also count your blessings since $2000 is somewhat more manageable than when there are cops and other parties are involved.

Glad to hear you're okay. Even though $2000 is a lot of money, it's nothing compared to your own safety and well being.
And don't try to use your phone while driving again.
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bluetooth is a must for in the car? CHECK!

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well guys i always wondered when it was going to happen and tonight was the night. on my way home tonight i was looking for my phone to call my fiancee to see if she wanted me to pick her up anything to eat. i reached for my looked down to find the power button to turn the mofo on looked up and i was facing a curb. i hit the brakes and cut hard left spun out and started swerving right my whole left side met the curb and needless to say my car is completely ****ed!! luckily my friend owns a body shop and was able to get a tow truck out to my car asap b4 any cops showed up. unfortunately im looking at about 2 thousand bones in repairs. so.... well just be careful things happen so fast and i really am lucky that this was all that happend. my car is tiny and could have been much worse. call me stupid if you want cause its true so just take care and dont use ur phone when your driving no matter how good of a driver you think you are.
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Thank God your phone is OK!

Glad to hear you and your EVO are safe!
Rally187 said:
well guys i always wondered when it was going to happen and tonight was the night. on my way home tonight i was looking for my phone to call my fiancee to see if she wanted me to pick her up anything to eat. i reached for my looked down to find the power button to turn the mofo on looked up and i was facing a curb. i hit the brakes and cut hard left spun out and started swerving right my whole left side met the curb and needless to say my car is completely ****ed!! luckily my friend owns a body shop and was able to get a tow truck out to my car asap b4 any cops showed up. unfortunately im looking at about 2 thousand bones in repairs. so.... well just be careful things happen so fast and i really am lucky that this was all that happend. my car is tiny and could have been much worse. call me stupid if you want cause its true so just take care and dont use ur phone when your driving no matter how good of a driver you think you are.
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I'm an excellent driver...

At least you didn't damage your EVO.

I always strap my EVO in the back in the baby seat and put a crash helmet over it just in case.

If it was an iPhone you would have died.

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If it was an iPhone you would have died.
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Hahaha!!! yea if i had an iphone i would have just drove myself into a wall. but on a bad note i had to go to the doctor later that night cause my vision kept getting blurry found out i had a mild concussion again could have been worse but damn what a headache!!

Check out vlingo inCar. . . Glad you're okay.
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Glad to hear you're ok man.
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Evo & bluetooth won't help
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bluetooth is a must for in the car? CHECK!
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Eyes-free on Android is a bad joke. Just be careful.

Wow, glad your evo is ok, ,, lol I'm a cop and I play with my evo while driving all the time especially at work. After hearing your story that might change.
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My phone is seated on the car air vent, also doing anything on your phone while the car is in motion is pretty dumb, if I must make a phone call I wait for a red light , or use Google voice action do dial.

I keep mine in a windshield mounted dock. That makes glancing between the phone and the road really quick. Even then I still won't mess with it unless I'm stopped or on a straight section of road with no traffic.

transformer stolen

probably the worst way to get your transformer stolen out of town....

ouch! sorry dude. hopefully insurance can cover it?

now that sucks but if you have good insurance maybe a tf prime?
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You didn't just leave it sitting there on your passenger seat, did you?
Sorry to hear about it getting stolen.

Should have installed gotya from market. It's only about $2. It will take a picture and send you an email of the coordinates and picture of the whereabouts of your stolen device. Can even help the cops get the SoB.

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You didn't just leave it sitting there on your passenger seat, did you?
Sorry to hear about it getting stolen.
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i must have i know i had a pillow up there but the windows are extremely dark they must have seen it from the windshield, because my dr dre beats were in the floor and my sisters ipad and phone were in the back so idk, they only took the tf, i bet they dont even know what it is, im assuming they thought it was a laptop. but yeah

too late now... lmao

Danzano said:
now that sucks but if you have good insurance maybe a tf prime?
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ah my dad said our deductible may be too high but he's going to check and hopefully we will get something out of it, and i already told him cause he wants one too thats its a formal invitation to the tf prime

Xda Newb said:
too late now... lmao
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I'm assuming you're talking to me. From now on, put on all your devices a security app like gotya. I started putting it on all of mine after they stole my gps right out of my car.

dont wanna be mean, but the funny part is that it happened at a frys. LOL. security footage from the stores. im sure they got cameras outside.

Maybe if the people who stole it are dumb you can install the gotya app from market.android.com?

Taknarosh said:
Maybe if the people who stole it are dumb you can install the gotya app from market.android.com?
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True that. they gotta have it connected to wifi... unless they wiped it. highly doubt it though.

There's an old saying....out of site, out of mind. Leaving a car full of electronics in plain site is just asking for it.
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Optimus-Prime said:
dont wanna be mean, but the funny part is that it happened at a frys. LOL. security footage from the stores. im sure they got cameras outside.
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lol we talked to them and gave the security Guy our Info he said there wasn't a view from the cameras, he checked

Try the Plan-B app from Lookout. Worth a shot.

Those security apps are only good if the criminal is incredibly stupid. I mean not that I would steal something like that, but if I did, the first thing I would do is a factory reset. Unless they build the security into the firmware like that crap that you can activate in the BIOS of a computer so it can't be disabled, there really isn't a good way to catch a thief.
Hey, maybe I should patent that idea before Apple does?

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True that. they gotta have it connected to wifi... unless they wiped it. highly doubt it though.
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Unless he has a lock on it, like I have the pattern unlock enabled (mostly because i take it to work though. i work in a network security company so leaving phones/tablets/laptops unlocked usually leads to a crude e-mail sent as you to everyone in the company haha).

The simple fix to BIOS passwords, CMOS reset jumper or the old battery trick. Nothing is secure once physically compromised. (Unless it is sealed tight in some Titanium that's capable of withstanding 10kg of TNT)
Moral of the story is: Don't leave valuables in the car and definitely don't leave it out for everyone to see. Heck a teen could've taken it due to iPad craze (thus the TF, oh the irony). I'm sure it was an impulse theft, a professional thief would take more time to throughly look through every cabinet of the car as they already went through the risk of breaking the window... That is just my opinion though.

frosty5689 said:
The simple fix to BIOS passwords, CMOS reset jumper or the old battery trick. Nothing is secure once physically compromised. (Unless it is sealed tight in some Titanium that's capable of withstanding 10kg of TNT)
Moral of the story is: Don't leave valuables in the car and definitely don't leave it out for everyone to see. Heck a teen could've taken it due to iPad craze (thus the TF, oh the irony). I'm sure it was an impulse theft, a professional thief would take more time to throughly look through every cabinet of the car as they already went through the risk of breaking the window... That is just my opinion though.
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Most theft when an automobile is involved (unless they are actually stealing the car) is a smash and grab. Especially if it was mid day, it's much quicker to grab what you see than to comb the car for everything they can find of value.

temporarily_insane said:
Should have installed gotya from market. It's only about $2. It will take a picture and send you an email of the coordinates and picture of the whereabouts of your stolen device. Can even help the cops get the SoB.
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Assuming the OP didnt have a screen lock code and the thief connected the TF to wifi then yeah that would work.